Apparently, Escamilla would order fajitas for the kids at the center, then take them and, presumably, sell them to someone else. Cold. So perhaps the fact that he was a public servant accounts for the harshness of his punishment. He testified about his fajita stealing, “It started small and got bigger and out of control. It got to the point where I couldn’t control it anymore.” The Herald notes that “Cameron County Assistant District Attorney Peter Gilman said in all of his years prosecuting theft cases he has never handled one like this, which amounted to around $1,251,578.” Still, the Preppy Killer only got 15 years for manslaughter, for example; 50 years still seems like a lot, even for that many fajitas.